Key: Ab major
Verse 1
B
F#
B
Jean -Louis
F#
Pierre Bouchon,
B
E
F#
True to the brave that bore him,
B
Em
Answered the call that held in thrall
Ddim
C#m
F#
His father 's heart before him.
B
E
F#
Jean -Louis Dominique sailed away,
B
C#m
F#
Further than love could find him,
E
Em
he heard a light and gentle
Ddim
F#
B
voice behind him say
Matalo, Matalo,
F#
where you go,
Matalo, Matalo,
E
F#
B
when you go down to the sea
For a year and a day
C#m
D#
and have no thought of me
the spray
you will hear me say
C#m
D#
No love was ever free
G#m
C#
You may sigh when horizons
Gaug
B
Something that is dear to me
C#m
F#
B
Cannot let me be
Em
F#
Where you go,
F#
B
F#
B
when you go down to the sea.
Jean -Louis Dominique
B
E
sailed the wide world over.
F#
B
Lips that he kissed
E
Em
could not resist
Ddim
C#m
this loving, roving rover.
F#
B
F#
Jean -Louis Dominic, right or wrong,
B
E
F#
ever pursued a new love,
B
E
Em
till in his brain there beat a strain
D#
Bdim
C#dim
B
he knew to be his true love's song.
Matelot, Matelot,
E
F#
where you go, my heart will follow.
E
F#
B
when you go down to the sea
F#
B
When there's grief in the sky
D#aug
G#m
and the waves ride high
D#
G#m
You may be sure that I'm true
to my love for you
C#m
D#
Though half the world away
G#m
C#
G#m
Never mind if you find other chance
Gaug
B
Here within my arms you sleep,
C#m
F#
Sailor from the deep.
B
Bm
Matalo, Matalo,
Em
F#
Where you go my heart will follow.
Em
F#
When you go down to the sea.
B
F#
B
Hey oh, hey oh, hey
F#
B
F#
B
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